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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em><strong>MOOC4D Course Certificates have been despatched to all the eligible participants as of today (January 3, 2014).&nbsp;These have been sent via email to the ID registered on the class site (<a href="http://www.m4d-mooc.org/" style="line-height: 1.4; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(40, 131, 222);">www.m4d-mooc.org</a>). If you think you are eligible and have not received the certificate, please check the spam folder (and the "Promotional" or "social" tabs in Gmail).</strong></em></p><p>======</p><p><em style="line-height:1.4"><strong>Certificates:</strong></em></p><div><p><em><strong>We are awarding two kinds of certificates. If a participant has performed well in the quizzes we will give him/her a "C" (Competency) certificate. To those students who could not do that well in quizzes, but have participated in the course to a reasonably consistent level, we will give a "P" (Participation) certificate. A participant will get either of these certificates.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Precise criterion for both of the above types of certificates is as below:</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>• If your aggregate score from all quizzes is more than 40% then you get a "C" certificate. For example, assuming both quizzes to be of 100 marks and you scored 20 marks in quiz-1&nbsp; and 70 in quiz-2 then your combined score (20 + 70 = 90) is more than 40% (0.4 x 2 x 100 = 80) hence you get the "C" certificate.<br>• If you do not qualify for a "C" certificate, but your aggregate score from "attendance" and quizzes is more than 50% then you will get a "P" certificate. We calculate your "attendance" score by looking at yours viewing statistics for Core Lecture videos/slides (PDF). For example, if your score on "attendance" is 45% and your score on all quizzes is 5% then you will get a "P" certificate.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Based on these criteria, certificates have been prepared. Each certificate, "C" or "P" is jointly signed by the Center for Continuing Education, IIT Kanpur and the Commonwealth of Learning.</strong></em></p><p>Your queries in this regard can be addressed to m4dmooc at&nbsp;gmail.&nbsp;&nbsp;We may need a little time to respond but we certainly will.</p><p>All learning materials presented in this course can now be accessed as Open Educational Resources at&nbsp;<em><strong>this</strong></em>&nbsp;site.&nbsp;</p></div><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A//m4d.colfinder.org/node/2371&amp;t=M4D%20Course%20Certificates%20Despatched%20to%20Eligible%20Participants" title="Share on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://m4d.colfinder.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook logo" /></a></li>
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</ul>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 02:15:33 +0000Balaji2371 at https://m4d.colfinder.orghttps://m4d.colfinder.org/node/2371#commentsCourse Delivery is Completed!https://m4d.colfinder.org/node/2370
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The delivery part of this course is now completed.</p><p>The Instructor in Charge has provided a wind-up talk which is available in the course lectures link. Please do visit the video.</p><p><em><strong>The second and final quiz,&nbsp;open to all the registered learners from 18th November, 0500 GMT is extended till 27th November 2013</strong></em>.</p><p>This course commenced on October 2, 2013, which was the birthday of late M K Gandhi. Globally known as Mahatma Gandhi and affectionately called Gandhiji in India, he devoted considerable amount of efforts towards building a new paradigm of education. He called it Nai Talim; Nai stands for "new" in many languages of South Asia and Talim, with its roots in Arabic, stands for "education". Nai Talim stresses lifelong learning and its strong social character, both factors recognized globally today as important, even indispensable.</p><p>The concluding overview presents a landscape in which all the topics presented and discussed in this course are positioned conceptually. Any new initiative involving mobiles in human development could proceed from making use of the five components identified as part of this landscape.</p><p>The course team is able to track the access analytics of learners. Based on data so available, <em><strong>participants who have accessed course lectures at least up to a proportion will be eligible for a participation certificate. Those who have attempted both the quizzes and have secured a certain minimum score would be eligible to receive a competency certificate</strong></em>. We will announce how the certificates will be made available and the time frame.</p><p>We thank you for your interest and participation. Please continue to access the course materials!</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A//m4d.colfinder.org/node/2370&amp;t=Course%20Delivery%20is%20Completed%21" title="Share on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://m4d.colfinder.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook logo" /></a></li>
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</ul>Sun, 17 Nov 2013 01:52:36 +0000Balaji2370 at https://m4d.colfinder.orghttps://m4d.colfinder.org/node/2370#commentsWelcome to the Sixth and Final Week!https://m4d.colfinder.org/node/2368
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>&nbsp;We thank you for your continued participation. Course lectures for this week have been released on the online class site. In this final week, we thought we should draw your attention first to two important announcements:</p><p><strong><em>Important</em></strong></p><p>1. There will be a quiz next week and the Instructor will give an overview lecture to complete the course.</p><p>2. Online chat on m-Learning!</p><p>Dr Aga Palalas at 1400 GMT on 11th NOV</p><p>Prof Ally will moderate the chat at 0200 GMT on 12th NOV.</p><p>The focus this week is on mobiles in financial inclusion which is an important aspect of human development. A set of core topics on this focal theme cover India, Uganda, Kenya and Sri Lanka. The National Institute of Banking Management in India has put together a number of talks on key technology and regulatory aspects of mobiles in banking. Some of the case studies are provided as optional topics.</p><p>We are aware that many of you are interested in m-Learning. Professor Ally and Dr Palalas have provided a number of talks on this theme, covering case studies from all over the world. They also cover research and dwell on the future with mobiles in education.&nbsp;</p><p>There is a demo of a device set that helps set up the equivalent of a networked classroom when no grid power or data connectivity is available.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li class="service-links-facebook first"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A//m4d.colfinder.org/node/2368&amp;t=Welcome%20to%20the%20Sixth%20and%20Final%20Week%21" title="Share on Facebook" class="service-links-facebook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://m4d.colfinder.org/sites/all/modules/service_links/images/facebook.png" alt="Facebook logo" /></a></li>
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</ul>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 02:12:37 +0000Balaji2368 at https://m4d.colfinder.orghttps://m4d.colfinder.org/node/2368#comments